Posted by cgd092 on January 6, 2007, at 23:30:55
In reply to Can you relate to this type of anxiety?, posted by UgottaHaveHope on January 6, 2007, at 23:20:04
I've noticed that something about us depressives/anxious people makes us want to define what we're feeling. I've been doing that lately, too, so that I could better tell my pdoc what I'm feeling, so that she can better prescribe. I think we're always doing that; trying to nail down our symptoms so that we can get the best treatment.
You wrote, "It's like a fire alarm is going off, and my mind is frantically searching to find out why."
I have the thing where I'm frantically trying to find out why I'm feeling anxious. I've learned, that since I have a good life, to try to stop looking so hard. It's coming from inside my brain, not outside. But the chemical imbalance wants to *force* me to scan, scan, scan for reasons. They call that hypervigilance, right? One of my fave coping skills lately is to "pass the time" coping. Waiting for meds to kick in, waiting for the panic to pass. Not to listen to my brain at all when it's anxious for no reason. Sometimes I even say, 'I'm not listening to you, Demon!'
The symptom I have that I can't quite tease out is how come when my anxiety ramps up, my "sad" feeling ramps up right along with it. E.g., if I'm clear up to panic, then you can be sure that at the same time I'm feeling really, really, sad. So to me, this is the "persistent sad and/or anxious mood" they use when describing depression. So the question is: For treatment, am I feeling anxious and need to calm down, or am I feeling sad and need to be stimulated? I think currently, the meds are too broad. I can't wait until they invent better ones.
--Katy
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